April 29, 2026
In 2024, I opened a piece in this publication (Law in the age of AI: Balancing tradition and innovation in 2025) by imagining a courtroom where lawyers consulted artificial intelligence for real-time research, where blockchain verified documents in seconds and where disputes resolved themselves online. I called it “the reality unfolding in our legal system.”
April 28, 2026
The Carney government says it plans to make it a criminal offence to operate a cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) and that it will push ahead with controversial amendments to enable “law enforcement” to search and seize mail.
April 28, 2026
Olivia Wang has joined Harper Grey as an associate in its commercial litigation group in Vancouver.
April 28, 2026
In my last article, I wrote about visualization in law. But visualization is not limited to diagrams or tables. Text itself is visual, and its organization can improve reader engagement and comprehension. This is typography.
April 28, 2026
Never has there been a more pressing need to reevaluate and reform labour law to encompass digital literacy, particularly at a time when AI tools are being deployed at an industrial scale for cyber-enabled fraud.
April 28, 2026
Over the past several years, Indigenous issues and reconciliation efforts have started to move out of the shadows and into the forefront of Canadian minds. However, the heightened attention following the May 27, 2021, media release by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation, which revealed a ground-penetrating radar discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, has since steadily declined, despite the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in the legal system, continued inequities in child welfare and persistent barriers to accessing culturally appropriate supports.
April 28, 2026
On Jan. 28, 2026, the Toronto Superior Court of Justice’s online booking system displayed no available dates for a Civil Case Conference. On Jan. 29, the wait was eight days. By Feb. 3, it was 210 days. Same court, same hearing type. Three wildly different outcomes in a week.
April 27, 2026
The federal government has appointed Eric M. Adams as a judge of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta in Edmonton.
April 27, 2026
MLT Aikins has added Jordan Parmar as an associate in its Vancouver office.
April 27, 2026
Back when I was practising law, I was so clued out about physical work that I thought that Manual Labour was the president of Mexico. After I became a lawyer, the only work I did with my hands was typing. For many years, I was thoughtful, creative, and strategic. I hired people to do the physical work that I needed done so I could devote myself to what I arrogantly thought were more sophisticated pursuits.